OK, so bash is the shell I am using and the df utility is a standard Xnix command. My question is, is there a perl way of getting the stats on partitions without having to shell out using system() or exec()?
Tony > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Phoenix > Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 11:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: beginners@perl.org > Subject: Re: stats on partitions > > On 2/5/07, Tony Heal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Specifically I want to get the total, used and available space similar > > to what the bash df command does. > > I don't believe that bash has a df command, but there's a standard > Unix utility called df instead. There's no need to invoke bash in > order to run the df command (though if you did invoke it through bash, > it wouldn't make a noticeable difference in runtime). > > In order to access the system's filesystem information, the Unix > utility df is a set-id program (one with special privileges). That > means that a Perl program that could access that information directly > would also have to be privileged, and thus written with extreme care. > So, it's safer and easier all around to simply run the df program. > Will that work for you? > > Hope this helps! > > --Tom Phoenix > Stonehenge Perl Training -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/
